Uninstall applications

Forum: Apps
Topic: Uninstall applications
started by: Galileo

Posted by Galileo on Feb. 28 2006,21:40

Sorry,it is possible unistall applications dsl?

how?

Thank's

PS. Sorry my english, I'm Italian.

Posted by roberts on Feb. 28 2006,21:54

Sure, reboot!

From the website where the repository is hosted:

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Damn Small Linux myDSL Application Extensions
ALL DSL Extensions are made exclusively for Damn Small Linux.
This requires loading them from within DSL, as user dsl.
They are made for the liveCD and "frugal" type installs.
They do not provide package management, simply reboot.
While not made for hard drive installed systems.
most will work however it is not recommended.

Posted by Galileo on Feb. 28 2006,22:04

Sorry, i install DSL distro in HD.........

Thank's

Posted by dvdljns on Mar. 03 2006,19:25

Ok! but you never really answered his question. since I need the answer to I will rephrase it. how do you uninstall programs on a harddrive install.

Posted by struppi on Mar. 03 2006,19:41

as long as you don't use an uci-extension, it's simply not possible : ) (okay, you can do it by hand, but this isn't that easy)

don't do a classic harddisk install, use frugal!

Posted by mikshaw on Mar. 03 2006,19:46

You have to remove files manually. It's virtually impossible to explain exactly how to do this, since every application has its own set of files, installed in various places.

removing mydsl extension:

Quote (me @ April 08 2005,21:35)

For uci in DSL 1.0 you can remove them the same way they were installed.

For .tar.gz you can remove simply by deleting the /opt/whatever directory associated with the extension (typically has the same name as the extension). To remove menu item and icon, look in /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu and /home/dsl/.xtdesktop/ respectively.

For .dsl you can remove them (carefully) by hand.
Do "tar -ztf filename.dsl > files.txt", then look in files.txt for the list of files installed. I can't stress enough the importance of selectively deleting files. Some files in the list may have been part of the original DSL system, overwritten during the install. The ideal dsl extension would not do this, but the process of weeding out duplicates may be more work than a dsl creator is willing to do. In any case, a directory named the same as the mydsl application is generally a safe bet for removal, such as /usr/share/myapp

Removing apps that come with DSL is mainly guesswork. Some might be removed with dpkg, but i couldn't say for sure. With others you would need to know what files are part of that application and are not used by apps that you want to keep.

Posted by roberts on Mar. 03 2006,23:15

As has been stated many times, DSL's focus is not the traditional hard drive install. Instead it is running LiveCD or other compressed (frugal) type installs. The mydsl system was designed only for this environment. Traditional hard drive installs have debian package management. Using mydsl extensions on traditionally installed hard drive systems is NOT recommended.

The only mydsl extension that works well with traditionally installed hard drive systems is the UCI which is simpy a mounted application.

Posted by dvdljns on Mar. 04 2006,00:19

Quote (roberts @ Mar. 03 2006,18:15)

Using mydsl extensions on traditionally installed hard drive systems is NOT recommended.

The only mydsl extension that works well with traditionally installed hard drive systems is the UCI which is simpy a mounted application.

I understand it is not recommended but it can be done and for my purposes it is the only thing that makes sense so I am glad that it is an option. I notice you state using mydsl extensions how about using deb.

Posted by roberts on Mar. 04 2006,02:03

debs are fine. But I often find any package management system can get frustrating. Usually in dictating what it thinks should be installed. That is why, my focus is the frugal type installs. But I realise many will do a traditional hard drive install. And the mydsl extensions are so simple and work so easy as to be infectious!
But to try to do package management in a frugal and mostly nomadic environment is futile.

Posted by dvdljns on Mar. 05 2006,06:25

I Thought I did a traditional hdd install but stats.txt at the bottam says frugal so I am thinking thats what I got. Do not know enough to be sure.